In case you've just joined us...what I'm doing is..
I found a huge pile of my 7 inch singles in the side room laying dormant and seemingly unloved ( which is not the case really ) and I decided I wouldn't interfere with the order they had assembled themself into and pick up the pile and go thru them 10 at a time and record them and podcast them and post it on this blog. I have no idea which 10 singles are coming up next !! And I'm having a great time doing it....

Sunday, December 3, 2006

DOUBLE POST - - Podcast 8 The pile(s) from the floor are finished but theres more on the shelves to come

When I started this process I was making my way through a pile of singles on the floor, one large one and one small one...well I've completed the 2 piles...but never fear there's quite a few shelves off the floor to go yet !!

Today is a double post and in this first one we have some Talulah Gosh, Siddeleys, Airport Girl, Shop Assistants and another Pastels 7" plus some more Aussie tracks.

1. The Foolishness That We Create Through Love Is the Closest We Come To Greatness - Airport Girl ( Fortuna Pop approx 2000 )

2. Beatnik Boy - Talulah Gosh ( 53rd & 3rd 1987 )

3. Jericho - Numbers ( Deluxe Recs Aust 1981 )

4. Sunflower - The Springfields ( Sarah 1987 )

5. What Went Wrong This Time ? - The Siddeleys ( Medium Cool 1987 )

6. Waiting Time - Ya Ya Choral ( M Squared Aust 1982 )

7. Crawl Babies - The Pastels ( Glass 1987 )

8. Grill Room - The Units ( Brain Buster Aust 1980 )

9. Somewhere In China - Shop Assistants ( 53rd & 3rd 1986 )

10. Living Out Of Living - Tinytown ( Elastic UK 1984 )

( duration 32 mins, 320kps mp3 )

Ya Ya Choral are one of many bands on a fairly obscure but truly great Sydney label called M Squared, which existed in the early-mid 80's. I am sure more M Squared will feature more on this blog as I have nearly everything on the label. The sound of "Waiting Time" however is not indicative of the rest of the label, which tended towards a more post punk / electronic / experimental sound. M Squared was also a recording studio which many bands in the Sydney scene of the time recorded in. But I guess more on that when they appear. The Units were from Adelaide and 'Grill Room' is the B-side to "Baby You Flirt". The Shop Assistants track is from an Ep which has 'Safety Net' as it's main track. The Numbers were a Sydney band, not to be confused with the Brisbane band called the Numbers who had to change their name to The Riptides because of the Sydney Numbers. Tinytown were also from Brisbane but moved to the UK in the early 8o's and worked out of there.